The Wilmingtonian., 1887-07-23
BAY RIDGE,
The Queen Resort of the Chesapeake.

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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany have recently purchased the resor
known as Ebay Ridge" and have SO trans
formed the place that the Ebay Ridge" o
to-day is quite different from the Bay Ridg
of year ago.
Amusements for all have been provided
splendid riding horses, the gravity railroad
shooting galleries, boating, sailing, fishing
grabbing, swings and numerous other pleas
ant features will be found.
For the amusement of another class o
visitors music will be made feature; II
fact, music will be one of the leading at
fractions at Bay Ridge this season, and th,
management has taken great care to pro
vide the very best that could be obtained
Professor Schoff and the Annapolis Nava
Academy Band having been engaged for the
season.
Other attractions in the musical line have
been engaged, among which at present art
| Mrs Belle Cole, who is well-known tC
almost every Baltimorean, Signor Liberati
the celebrated cornetst, Walter Emerson
and Medora Hensen, the great B ,ston favor.
ties, and Fred w. Innes, tine famous from.
bone player. Mrs. Cole has been singing
under the direction Of P. S. Gilmore at Man.
haitian Beach, Coney Island, for several sea.
sons past. At all times during the season
there will be some strong attraction at Bay
Ridge, to hear which, under the usual Gil.
cumstances, would cost more than the price
Of the ticket to the resort.
Not the least among the attractions al
| Bay Ridge is the immense pier, extending a
thousand feet out into the Bay. 1t is GOV.
cred all the way, and has seats running
along its sides for the accommodation of ex,
cursionists. This makes delightfully."- cool
retreat at all times; and 1T evening, when lii
by electric light, the effect is picturesque
and enjoyable.
| Directly at the rear of the Hotel is the
Gravity Railroad, the largest but one in the
world This structure ia substantially
erected, and is one of the novel features OF
the resort Starting at an elevation, the
grades are SO arranged that by its own
weight the car goes at lightning speed over
| hill and dale until the end of the road is
reached.
The grounds have been cleared of all un-
slightly objects, and a large amount of
money has been spent in identifying them.
Numerous shade trees have been planted
near the hotel. At the music pavilion and
in front of the restaurant the entire space
has been covered by planking. and seats
provided to give visitors better accommo-
dations while listening to the music.
Welcome Legion, No. /, Select knights,
will give our citizens an elegant opportunity
Thursday, July 2s,h, to visit this now ia
nous resort of the Chesapeake
The excursion will be made over the b. &
o. to Canton Station, thence by the elegant
steamer Theo Weems. The ride down the
Chesapeake Bay is one of marked interest
and this alone will amply repay for the ex-
pense of the trip.
Train will leave foot of Marked street Z
a. m. sharp. Returning, leave Bay Ridge Q
p. m.
concert will be given in the afternoon
by the famous Annapolis Naval Academy
Band
Committee--J ohm w. Diefendorf, j. X.
Adams, w. G. Farra, Q. X. Gilmore, War
ren Harper, W. F. Robinson, J. F. Speck,
Maurice P. Satterthwait, W. F. Casperson.
Adults tickets, s1.75; children's tickets, {
to 12, 80 cents.